Hey all whats up. I would first like to thank anyone and everyone for spending X amount of untold hours on this forum and helping those less fortunate with problems, like mine.

Just recently my horn was unplugged and taken off. Havent gotten back to it yet and I have no clue if this is related or not. Just the other night (about 2 weeks after said horn unplugging) I noticed my right turn signal would stay solid, but left is ok. Right kinda like its blinking maybe so fast i cant see.... If I am to flick the toggle switch to the left turn position then all the way back to the right turn position without cancelling, the right turn signal works as it used to untill I turn it off.... any idea what this is?


thanks for any help!

Chris

 

that is exactly what happened when i installed the flush mounts and clear alternatives turn signal. basically, one side functions as it should, and the other side flashes so fast it looks like it's on solid, but works properly after using the other one. mine did this when i installed a resistor on one side, but not on the other. if you've got resistors in the circuit, the resistor on the offending side is burned out. replace it with a 10ohm10watt or 5ohm20watt resistor (i prefer 10ohm10watt because they are smaller, produce much less heat, and work just as well as the 5 ohm). if you've got led's in rear and bulbs in front, maybe the front bulb has burned out. if you've got all bulbs and they otherwise function properly, get back to me.

 

another thing to look into is a blinker relay designed for LED bulbs. My bike has one from the P.O., so I dont know where he got it. It has been mentioned on here before, someone had a link to one.

No resistors on my bike, all the rear is LED, and I've added resistorless LED's to the back with no problems.

 

the aftermarket blinker relays are time-based instead of bimetal heat-based, so regardless of whether your load is .5 ohms or 10 ohms, it will blink at the same rate given any power. on some, if not all, of the newer RR bikes, the blinker relay is soldered into the gauge cluster and can't be easily replaced, so you pretty much have to run resistors in that case. being his behaved like mine did, i assumed he also had an rr, and it is normal for those resistors to burn out over time, especially if they are heat shrinked, poorly ventilated, or subjected to a lot of heat (exhaust). however, no way to tell until we know what kind of bike he has.

 

sorry guys, been away from the forums for awhile... i didnt really do my part did i hahahah.

I have an 03 600RR, clear alternatives all-in-one in the rear (brake/turn) and hotbodies flush mounts in the front. both are led based and im not too sure about the resistors cause my friends put them on. Ill have to look into that too I guess. for now its turn left then right hahahah

 

that is exactly the symptom i had. one of your resistor circuits is open, so either replace the resistor or repair the wiring. resistors are $0.49 at any decent electronics supply, or i can mail you one for $0.37 or whatever a stamp costs now :P

 

sweet dude, thanks for the advice, and the offer hahahah... now to find what resistors i need lol

 

10-ohm, 10-watt resistors will work. an electronics store oughta have them. id just say install them in the same manner that they are currently installed. if you can't duplicate it, solder about 4" of wire to each of the leads and double the wire back and zip tie the wire to the resistor (making sort of an S shape) so vibrations and movement aren't tugging on the leads, which can break off. use a wire tap for each wire and one onto each positive turn signal wire between the connector and the light, and take the other end of the wires, twist them together, and wrap them around the threads of a bolt back there, and tighten it down to create a positive ground.